Rita the Redhead - Akagenorita

Japanese: 赤毛のリタ - あかげのりた
Rita the Redhead - Akagenorita

...The 1930s saw the rise of Frank Capra's hit comedy series, including "It Happened One Night" (1934), which won the five major Academy Award categories (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay), "The Opera Hat" (1936), "The House That Got Me" (1938), and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939). In the 1940s, the company enjoyed success selling films starring Rita Hayworth, who was known as "Red-Haired Rita" and was a popular GI pin-up girl ("Blood and Sand" 1941, "Cover Girl" 1944, "Gilda" 1946, etc.), and B-movies ("Ghosts Walk New York" 1941, "The Jolson Story" 1946, etc.). In May 1948, new antitrust laws cut off the exhibition divisions of each film company, which was a blow to the company, but Columbia, which did not have a theater network, avoided the crisis. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Red-haired Rita" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とくに30年代はアカデミー賞主要5部門(作品,主演男優,主演女優,監督,脚本)を独占した《或る夜の出来事》(1934)をはじめ,《オペラ・ハット》(1936),《我が家の楽園》(1938),《スミス都へ行く》(1939)等々,フランク・キャプラ監督の人情喜劇のヒットによって,発展。40年代はもっぱら〈赤毛のリタ〉と呼ばれてGIの人気ピンナップ・ガールであったリタ・ヘイワース主演の映画(《血と砂》1941,《カバーガール》1944,《ギルダ》1946,等々)とB級映画(《幽霊紐育を歩く》1941,《ジョルスン物語》1946,等々)を売って成功。1948年5月,新しい独占禁止法によって各映画会社は興行部門を切り離されて打撃を受けたが,逆に,劇場網をもたないコロムビアは危機をまぬがれた。…

※「赤毛のリタ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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